Abstract
STR investigations of telogen hair are invariably difficult due to the small amounts
of nuclear DNA and its degradation products. However, in recent years there has been
a considerable improvement. This study examined the suitability of a new STR kit with
shortened amplicons for the investigation of hair in routine casework. This kit allows
the simultaneous amplification of the eight STR-loci D3S1358, VWA, FGA, TH01, SE33,
D8S1179, D18S51, and D21S11, and the sex-determining amelogenin system. It was tested
against the genRES® MPX-SP1 and genRES® MPX-SP2 kits. The sensitivity of the new genRES® MPX-2SP kit was demonstrated to be inferior to that of the genRES® MPX-SP1, but almost equal to that of the genRES® MPX-SP2 kit.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: August 11, 2008
Accepted:
July 3,
2008
Received in revised form:
June 17,
2008
Received:
July 31,
2007
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© 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
